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Reshaping disaster management: An integrated community‐led approach
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract The management of disasters has traditionally involved public, private, and nongovernmental organisations working together. While scholars have examined the value of collaborations among these entities, less is known about how to successfully engage and empower communities in disaster management.
Marco De Sisto +3 more
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FireThis concept paper explores possible collective identities for a future wildland fire workforce. Taking inspiration from the work of futurists who foresee an end to the dominant fire exclusion/suppression paradigm, and assuming that an emerging fire ...
Timothy Ingalsbee
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Firefighter\'s Job-Related Stress Assessment in Operation Department of Fire Stations
Caspian Journal of Health Research, 2022 Background: Increasing job-related stresses among firefighters not only affect the incentive of work but also cause a reduction in productivity. Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate job-related stress situations among firefighters and its
Fardin Merabian +4 more
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Health Hazard Manual for Firefighters [PDF]
, 1990 [Excerpt] Firefighters, as well as victims, can be exposed to a variety of toxic substances during a fire. Some of these toxicants are particularly insidious because they are produced by thermal decomposition before smoke makes a fire ...
Brown, Nellie J.
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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
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The health of women in the US fire service
BMC Women's Health, 2012 Background Despite statements from national fire service organizations, including the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), promoting a diverse work force related to gender within the ...
Jahnke Sara A +5 more
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From Hunky Heroes to Dangerous Dinosaurs: Journalism-union relations, news access and press coverage in the 2002-3 British Fire Brigades Union dispute [PDF]
, 2007 Using the UK Fire Brigades Union dispute of 2002-3 as a case study, this paper assesses current union-journalism relations and briefly outlines the FBU’s campaign to access the news agenda.
O'Neill, Deirdre
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract The rise of social media in the digital era poses unprecedented challenges to authoritarian regimes that aim to influence public attitudes and behaviors. To address these challenges, we argue that authoritarian regimes have adopted a decentralized approach to produce and disseminate propaganda on social media.
Yingdan Lu +3 more
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Effect of fire smoke on some biochemical parameters in firefighters of Saudi Arabia
Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2008 Background Firefighters who are facing fires, are frequently exposed to hazardous materials including carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen chloride, benzene, sulphur dioxide, etc.
Rezq Ameen M +2 more
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The efficacy of combining therapy cognitive with acceptance and commitment on symptoms of depression and psychosomatic problems firefighters of mashhad city [PDF]
, 2021 leila borhani +3 more
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